“I kind of had a late choice when I got here,” Anderson said. “Then they told me about Pete so I took it just for the fun of it – to see what happens.”

What’s happened is he’s nearing – or has already surpassed – every record Rebstock set while he was here. And Anderson still has two more years of ball.

Anderson goes into next week’s game against Las Vegas 45-yards short of Willie Miller’s 1974 season record for most receiving yards (1,193).

“I had high expectations for myself and wherever they took me that was where I was planning on going,” Anderson said. “But I can’t say I ever expected this.”

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His 2002 season stats look strikingly familiar to many of his 2003 single game stats.

Mention his name to Bradlee Van Pelt, and the quarterback could talk for hours about the credit Anderson deserves for CSU’s offensive production.

“I don’t know where I’d be this year without David,” Van Pelt said earlier this week.

Perhaps the biggest stat Anderson has produced this year has been his turnover ratio. He has not coughed up the ball once in the turnover riddled season – not many can say that.

But the sophomore knows he faces even more challenges next year. With 21 departing seniors, including receiver Chris Pittman and Van Pelt, many changes will be made to the system.

“We’re going to have a whole new revamped team,” Anderson said. “We’ve got a couple new linemen and we’ve got a lot of new defensive players, so we’re going to have to switch up our strategies a lot. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”

Van Pelt believes Anderson will get better with Justin Holland taking the snaps.

“That combination is going to be deadly,” Van Pelt said. “Justin is going to break a lot of records having David. Being so young, it’s amazing how good his routes are, how precise he runs them,” Van Pelt said. “His hands, his poise under pressure, he’s just amazing.”

But Anderson is only worried about salvaging something from this season.

“We’ve got to go out there and get a bowl bid,” Anderson said. “What comes, comes. I just try my best to help the team win. I don’t think I’ve ever gone out there for any individual reason.”

n Notes: Coming into the weekend, all eight Mountain West teams had a chance to gain one of three bowl births. Saturday’s win makes CSU bowl eligible for 10 consecutive years … Teams are allowed to use one Division I-AA win toward eligibility once every four years. So the Division I-AA win against Weber State counts. The scenarios now look like this: Utah (8-2, 5-1), New Mexico (7-4, 4-2), Air Force (7-4, 3-3) and Colorado State (6-5, 3-3) are bowl eligible. Wyoming (4-6, 2-3) must win its last two games. Las Vegas (5-5, 1-4) must win one of its final two. BYU is out, and San Diego State is out … Van Pelt became only the fourth quarterback in Division I history to throw for more than 5,000 yards and rush for more than 2000. He has not thrown an interception in five games and 105 attempts … This first offensive touchdown of the game didn’t come until 9:06 in the fourth quarter by Eric Hill. But the 83-yarder, was the longest of his career … A season attendance total of 183,786 is CSU’s second highest season attendance record. In 1994, through six games, 187,344fans attended home games.